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Zambrano's No Hitter: An Eyewitness AccountSeptember 15

The Prelude

On Saturday night at approximately 9:21pm I received the news from frantic Cubs Fan #43 that hurricane Ike had relocated the Cubs vs Houston game to Miller Park.

"Cubs are playing tomorrow night and Monday in Milwaukee. Road Trip?" The only valid response to this question: "Yes"

This prompted me to send a bunch of messages to round up the gang, rally the troops, get the band back together etc.... The silence was deafening. Apparently the rain and the recent slide had taken its toll on my circle of Cubs Fans. They will be referred to only as the Idiots from now on. After performing various spiritual rituals, escaping the teary eyes of my lovely Cubs widow, and dodging biblical floods on the streets of Chicago I arrived at the condominium village on the northwest side of Chicago (this place belongs in a suburb) to begin our epic journey. Agent 43 and his trusty Cubs sidekick, Lisa, began our harrowing trip to the land of cheese in our heavily armored limo. Traffic was avoided, GPS systems enabled, smoke screens deployed, and special defensive driving allowed us to pass unholy numbers of fellow Cubs vagabonds. Lisa can haul ass- God bless her. We arrived and paid Bernie the Brewer for parking. With 30 minutes to spare we dashed quickly through a couple pregam

James Patrick “Jim” Edmonds 15 OFAugust 8

The life of James Patrick “Jim” Edmonds as a time line with special reference to the Cub-Card thing. June 27, 1970 Jimmy James Patrick Edwards is born June 27, 1970 Infant Jimmy James is loved and adored by all July 14, 1974 Four year old Jimmy James’ brain develops to the point he can retain memories and conscious thought July 15, 1974 Jimmy James thinks very highly of himself June 22, 1978 Jimmy James excels in his little league baseball games June 23, 1978 Jimmy James’ opinion of himself swells to staggering levels April 12, 1981 6th grade Jimmy James asks an 8th grader at his elementary school to high school prom unconcerned with the fact that one of them should at least be attending high school for this request to be taken seriously April 12, 1981 6th grad Jim Edmonds is very sure of himself April 12, 1981 Stacy, the 8th grade girl in question is bewildered and frightened by 6th grade Jimmy and his cocksure aggressiveness, smiles tentatively, presses her trapper keeper against her chest and walks swiftly to the safety of her table of squawking girl friends April 12, 1981 6th grade Jimmy James briefly doubts himself April 12, 1981 Jimmy starts a rumor that 8th grade Stacy is a “full on Lesbian!” April 12, 1981 The rumor spreads successfully April 13, 1981 Jimmy is vindicated June 1998 Jimmy James continues to excel at baseball and gets

The Wrigley StormAugust 5

Cubs vs Astros Wrigley Field 8/4/08 Mother nature takes over Wrigley for 70's night.
Wrigley Storm Part 2 See the entire set of Wrigley Storm Videos here.

Harden vs C.CJuly 28

You have to admit, if they were shooting American League pitchers out of one of those t-shirt cannons and you ended up with Harden and the guy next to you got Sabathia, you’d be jealous. C.C is not just a good pitcher, he’s an icon. Something of a cross between Fernando Valenzuela, Flavor Flav and Abraham Lincoln. The proof: • C.C has his own web site (No web site for Soriano, Theriot, Lee, Ramirez, Wood (his charity Bowling tournament has a site but that doesn’t count), or Zambrano (most surprising). (Samardzija does have a web site which I suppose puts him on “Icon” track.) • C.C called a press conference to change the spelling of his first name to CC, removing those pesky periods. This is serious Prince, P Diddy, Madonna territory here! Red flag, upper echelon, high grade ICON. (Note: I anticipate that in the next 1 to 2 years he’ll change it again to C.C (pronounced “C point C”) and I’m just trying to stay ahead of the curve.) • With his slanted cap and massive figure, when C.C is on the mound you don’t have to check the back of his jersey to know it. It’s unfair to put Harden on a p

Celebrate the Sweep!!!!June 23

In honor of the Crosstown Classic Sweep TFB has created the limited edition Series Sweepin Zone Shirts: Buy these shirts here while supplies last!